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Tax Study Commision
Owen J. Roberts Tax Study Commission
Act 1 of 2006 allows communities to make certain decisions about local tax structure. Specifically, it mandates that a front end referendum question be placed on the May 2007 primary ballot on shifting taxes from real estate to income tax. The Commission must be comprised of five, seven or nine community members and must be reflective of the socioeconomic, age and occupational diversity of the District to the extent possible.
The Commission will be charged with studying the existing tax structure, including school district and municipal taxes. The study must include the following four mandatory study items:
- Historic and present rates and revenue from taxes;
- Percentage of total District revenue provided by current taxes;
- Age, income, employment and property use characteristics of the existing District tax base; and
- Projected District revenue from current taxes, and from the possible new or additional Act 1 EIT.
The Tax Study Commission will meet and study the above from September through November and will provide a recommendation to the School Board on or before December 13, 2006. The Commission must hold at least one public hearing prior to making a recommendation to the Board. The Board will consider this recommendation when preparing the referendum question to submit to voters in May. The referendum question will seek voter input on tax shifting. The recommendation will include whether the referendum question should relate to an earned income tax or alternatively a personal income tax and the tax rate to be included in the referendum question.
Tax Study Commission Appointment Resolution
Background: Act 1 requires the School Board to appoint a Tax Study Commission. The Commission must consist of 5, 7 or 9 members who are resident individuals or taxpayers of the District, and reflect the “socioeconomic, age and occupational diversity of the school district to the extent possible.” The Commission members may include one School Board member, but otherwise may not include any District official or employee, or relative of a District official or employee. Having carefully considered the foregoing requirements, the Board wishes to appoint a Tax Study Commission as set forth below. The individuals to be appointed have consented to appointment.
RESOLVED, by the Board of School Directors of the School District, that the following individuals are appointed to the 2006 Tax Study Commission:
John Eldridge, West Vincent Township
Eugene Endress, East Coventry Township
Roland Kolb, East Coventry Township
Tracy Nonamaker, East Coventry Township
Walter Pronsky, West Vincent Township
Scott Rau, East Coventry Township
Eric Scheib, (School Board Rep.) East Vincent Township
Steven Smolinsky, West Vincent Township
Sally Tornetta, North Coventry Township
Alternate:
Pam Kirkbride, East Vincent Township
The appointment shall be effective September 14, 2006, and the Commission shall make a final recommendation to the School Board on or before December 13, 2006.
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